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Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Commons · Question 28490 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

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Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in (a) England, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Feb 2025

The Department does not collect information on the numbers and proportion of patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) because it is not possible to specifically classify FASD within the National Health Service dataset. FASD is an umbrella term...